Event Category Archives: Featured Events

Storytime Skills Workshop Series 2024

Dates: January 24, January 31, February 7, February 14 Time: 12:30pm to 1:30pm Venue: iSchool Terrace Lab Dr. Tess Prendergast invites you to come to the 2024 edition of her drop-in storytime workshops, focused on materials for babies and toddlers. Each week, participants will learn upbeat songs, calming lullabies, action rhymes, and other language games […]

Storytime Skills Workshop Series 2024

Dates: January 24, January 31, February 7, February 14 Time: 12:30pm to 1:30pm Venue: iSchool Terrace Lab Dr. Tess Prendergast invites you to come to the 2024 edition of her drop-in storytime workshops, focused on materials for babies and toddlers. Each week, participants will learn upbeat songs, calming lullabies, action rhymes, and other language games […]

Storytime Skills Workshop Series 2024

Dates: January 24, January 31, February 7, February 14 Time: 12:30pm to 1:30pm Venue: iSchool Terrace Lab Dr. Tess Prendergast invites you to come to the 2024 edition of her drop-in storytime workshops, focused on materials for babies and toddlers. Each week, participants will learn upbeat songs, calming lullabies, action rhymes, and other language games […]

Using large language models to assess students and code qualitative data

This event will be held on Zoom, with an in-person viewing party in the iSchool Terrace Lab. Please register below to receive the Zoom link to the event. Contemporary large language models (LLMs), though the culmination of years-long effort, have exploded into much greater use in education in the last year. LLMs provide a wide […]

Work Learn Student Librarian Positions: Information Session

Librarians from several UBC branches will be hosting an information session to talk about the current and forthcoming Work Learn Student Librarian positions. The presenters will each be speaking to their postings, the working environments, the tasks that students will be doing, and the skills and qualities they will be looking for. Registering for the […]

UBC iSchool Alumni Night

Join us for an evening of reflection and discovery as UBC iSchool alumni return to give insight into their careers after graduation, and how they have utilized their experiences at the iSchool to carve their own paths. This event will feature a panel discussion with alumni, as well as both facilitated and unstructured networking. Refreshments […]